A bottle of water may not seem like much to you, but thousands of bottles will be of great help.
In 2010, there was very little rain in Southwest China. Some places, especially in Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou. Crops died, the land cracked, and rivers dried up. More than 20 million people had difficulty in finding safe drinking water.
After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by giving water, money and other things.
Every member of the Communist Youth League and Young Pioneers were encouraged to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit areas. Students in primary schools and middle schools quickly joined the activity. In Yuhua Primary School in Xi'an, 900 students bought over one thousand bottles of water with their pocket money. They also wrote their wishes on the bottles. The serious drought made students realize the importance of saving water.
Students from Nanshan Middle School in Huizhou in Guangdong went on the streets to tell people to take part in water-saving activities.
“I've heard that some children in drought-hit areas don't have enough drinking water. They have to drink dirty water. I feel really sad about that, ” said one student. “I decide to take a shower twice a week instead of every day to save water, ” he said.
